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Kannada-English dictionary
Gommaṭa (ಗೊಮ್ಮಟ):—
1) [noun] a man with pleasing appearance; a handsome man.
2) [noun] (Jain.) Bāhubali, one of the Kāmadēvas.
3) [noun] the colossus of Bāhubali; installed on the hills of Śravaṇa Beḷagoḷa, in Karnāṭaka, in the tenth century A.D.
4) [noun] an idol, icon.
5) [noun] (fig.) an ideal or distinguished person or thing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Gommatasara.
Full-text: Gommatasara, Gommatesha, Gommateshvara, Niduka, Shravanabelagola.
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Gommatsara by Acharya Nemichandra (by Bai Bahadur J. L. Jaini)
Part 1 - The Name and Origin of the Book Gommatasara < [Introduction (volume 1)]
List of English Jaina Books < [Volume 1 - Jiva-kanda (the soul)]
The six substances or Dravyas < [Introduction (volume 2)]
Vasudevahindi (cultural history) (by A. P. Jamkhedkar)
41. Religious Festivals (in ancient India) < [Chapter 5 - Religion and Philosophy]